May the Farce be with them

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jan/05/farage-refuses-to-condemn-free-speech-hero-musks-remarks-on-jess-phillips

The whole saga becomes more and more bizarre. I wonder whether Musk’s family are considering having him sectioned for his own, their, and the worlds’s benefit?

I guess that much lauded £100M or $100M or 100p donation to Reform is up in the aur at the moment. But a palace coup is unlikely as the majority shareholder in Reform Ltd is one N Farage

#Musk #Farage #Reform #Farce #SickComedy

The death of the middle-class professional spells danger for Labour

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/02/death-of-middle-class-professional-spells-danger-for-labour

I think it does - but not in the direction that Hinsliff thinks. I suggest that it is likely to see Labour's share, already relatively small, of the national vote falling to parties of 'the left' (a difficult definition to pin down). Changes are coming, I just have difficulty seeing what the educated (as opposed to opportunists) can see in Reforms 'promises'

#UkPolitics #Labour #Reform #Education

Whitehall ‘braced for private schools collapse’ due to fee rises

The Independent Schools Council says the threat of closures after the imposition of VAT on fees is ‘very real’

http://archive.today/2024.12.26-074300/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/education/article/whitehall-braced-for-private-schools-collapse-due-to-fee-rises-5x3p5xdzj

Alternatively ‘government aware that there may be more demand for normal schools in the UK’ and well connected parents who lobby for them.

But that would not be hyperbolic enough for The Times.

#education #reform #privateEducation #UK

Billionaires are queuing up to donate to Reform, treasurer says

True or not, it would not surprise me. Rich men who only interest is increasing their wealth looking for a new toy to play with. Starmer seems determined not to act on donations - which, along with FPTP, continues to be an anti-democratic disgrace designed to maintain a status quo (the rich run the country).

#UkPolitics #PoliticalFunding #FailedDemocracy #Starmer #Reform #BuyVotes #AugeanStables #PoliticalReformNow

The UK: These Tories are shit!

[Votes less Tory and grants Labour Victory]

The UK: Labour are shit!

[Votes more Tory and Reform]

And so on, and so on ...

#Skwawkbox | Breaking: #Labour collapse hands #Tories a win in Dudley – and far-right #Reform second place

https://skwawkbox.org/2024/12/20/breaking-labour-collapse-hands-tories-a-win-in-dudley-and-far-right-reform-second-place/

“Far-right Reform ‘party’ takes council seat as Labour collapses – on Merseyside”

By Skwawkbox @skwawkbox

“Farage party wins as Starmer’s danger to UK confirmed again”

https://skwawkbox.org/2024/12/13/far-right-reform-party-takes-council-seat-as-labour-collapses-on-merseyside/

#Press #UK #Labour #RedTory #Starmer #Elections #Merseyside #Council #Reform #Farage #NeoFascist

“Meet Farage’s rich cronies: Reform’s donors are hardly ‘anti-establishment’ ...

by Sam Bright on Substack

“From Old Etonians to the owner of 55 Tufton Street, listed below are some of the people that Farage has been courting for cash over recent months, who helped to bankroll Reform’s 2024 election campaign, and who may once again dip into their deep pockets to help Farage goose-step towards Downing Street…”

https://open.substack.com/pub/writesbright/p/meet-farages-rich-cronies?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios

#Press #UK #Reform #Farage #Donors #Musk #Trump #Csndy

More disturbing than Reform's rise is the BBC welcoming them in

That is just the Beeb getting in early to welcome their new overlords. Scotland needs to dump both the BBC and the UK asap.

https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24791728.disturbing-reforms-rise-bbc-welcoming/

#BBC #Scotland #ScottishIndependence #Reform

Reform’s conspiracy is about more than butter

Row over cow feed additive is a reminder that populism rests on persuading voters their will is being secretly subverted

A good article looking beyond the raw conspiracy theories being peddled by Reform in the UK.

http://archive.today/2024.12.10-174018/https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/reform-conspiracy-butter-populism-health-slmf25d9t

Whether you approve of dairy products or not the established and published science demonstrate that Bovaer is safe.

#Reform #Conspiracy #Finkelstein #Populism #Ignorance #Subversion #Science

'Reform' and Scotland

What does Farage and his like'minded' oiks mean for Scotland? It will not be good.

https://bylines.scot/politics/nigel-farages-reform-is-coming-for-holyrood/

#ScottishIndependence #Reform #Farage

Starmer continues his Harris/Walz 'pivot to the right' and losing votes because of it, like the Dems did.

Starmer doing everything to ensure the Tories and/or Reform get in as he abandons the core Labour vote to chase bigoty

And none of us can stop him, none of us will persuade the greater public that attacking the Other is wrong, because Bigots would DIE for their Bigotry and they hate us for being better people.

#Starmer #UKPOL #Ukpolitics #Immigration #Labour #Reform #Tories

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2062g4dzwro.amp

300 tonnes of russian Ammonium Nitrate dumped in the North Sea off the coast of Yarmouth. Just outside the 12 mile territorial limit so the claim could be made no pollution of English Nationalist waters has been committed. Instead it can be relied on to drift away & pollute Belgian, French, Dutch, Danish & Norwegian waters. Heartily endorsed by Reformtown MP Rupert Lowe as safe & bringing 'jobs'.

Nice one #Reform

#Yarmouth
#mvruby